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Costs of reproduction are present but latent in eusocial bumblebee queens

BACKGROUND: The standard evolutionary theory of ageing proposes that ageing occurs because of a trade-off between reproduction and longevity. Eusocial insect queens exhibit positive fecundity-longevity associations and so have been suggested to be counter-examples through not expressing costs of rep...

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Autores principales: Collins, David H., Prince, David C., Donelan, Jenny L., Chapman, Tracey, Bourke, Andrew F. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10334537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37430246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01648-5